Cost: $995 per person plus airfare

 

Register by: March 15, 2012

 

Entry Requirements: USA passport only

 

Why Go? IWC returns for a third straight year in Johannesburg, bound by the vision of incredible need in one of Africa’s largest and most influential cities. Virtually millions live in poverty-stricken townships. Join the effort to help start a new church in the Bertrams Valley and to strengthen the ministry of new churches. Expect to play lots of soccer, share testimonies, and tell Creation-to-Cross stories. 

 

About Johannesburg: With a population of over 7 million in the greater urban area, Joburg is the largest city in South Africa and the second or third most populous city in Sub-Saharan Africa. Johannesburg is often referred to as Joburg, Jozi or Egoli (the Sotho word for “place of gold”) and a place where people from around Africa and the globe still flock for jobs, education and a better future. Johannesburg is one of the few major cities in the world not located along a coast or near a large river.
 

Cultural Information: Not many years ago the South African population had official racial designations of black, white, and coloured, with the white minority in control of nearly all aspects of the country. Emerging from the throes of apartheid in the early 1990's, South Africa took huge steps toward justice, healing, and reconciliation. Post-apartheid governments have made remarkable progress in transitioning to democracy, increasing the delivery of essential social services, and improving opportunities in education and business. Nevertheless, extreme poverty remains a blight for many and corruption in government is commonplace. Transformation from the legacy of apartheid will be a long-term process. Like in many other sub-Saharan nations, AIDS is prevalent here and exacts a terrible toll, especially among those in poverty. The abandonment of babies among the poor is also widespread.

 

Total capacity for this project: 60